SO HUNGRY!!!

Is this a symptom too? I think I spend more time eating than not eating...I'm always insatiably hungry, yet I eat and eat and eat and don't gain any weight! Not that I'm complaining but running out of food so fast now! I feel like the burden of fighting this illness is somehow burning up all my calories or something...

I've been on thyroid medication for about 10 years now for hypothyroidism...is it possible that I no longer need this medication? I should probably get my levels checked. With hunger and a lot of things, it feels like my body is on overdrive all of a sudden, doing everything way too fast...

In both cases, Lyme could be the culprit. So could a lot of other health issues though. If you are sure you don't have anything like diabetes or something like that going on, then just be sure you are eating high quality, healthy foods. Stay away from the things we know have issues - sugar, lots of carbs, or any other 'junk' food.

I can't remember which TBI it is right now, but one of them can give a person hypoglycemic type of reaction as well. I have been dealing with this lately. I make sure I eat a very high protein diet and eat small frequent meals. This would be good to do as well in both cases.

Hi Whenallelsefails,

I too had the munchies terribly last week. I could not stop eating and my family was accusing me of eating them out of house and home. ha ha!!! It will pass....

I'm the oddball of my family. Everyone stress eats and when I have stress I can't eat. I eat a lot of protein and fiber and usually not a lot of carba, unless I binge which happens from time to time. I also eat a lot of calories so I don't really understand. It's not so much of a problem as just something I can't wrap my head around.

Almost a year ago I started having strange symptoms...I went to 3 gastroenterologists but none cared...they heard my list of unusual symptoms and said "oh so you're having abdominal pain? Let's do an endoscopy!" three ulcers later...still having the same symptoms. My body tingles whenever I eat. For the longest time I stopped having sensations of being hungry or full...I'd get dizzy and realize I hadn't eaten all day because my body just never told me to. I'd eat (mindlessly) until I felt like I would throw up because I never felt full. I think it's the weirdest thing!! I'd more or less gotten used to it but now it's like 24-7 hunger instead. Weird symptoms have become so neutral to me at this point...if it's not pain or fatigue I just call it yet another weird thing about me....

me and my friend were talkin about this the other night...i had been starving all of the sudden..i too have hypothyroidism which usually robs u of your appetite....and since i started full swing on the doxy...i eat like thats my last meal....its constant...and always....to be honest...im tired of eating...but me too am not gaining weight...*shrug*...who knows at this point why its happening...and as i stated prior on another post...im surprised i havent grew a third eyeball on my forehead so nothing really shocks me at this point

I'm like Borderlyme,
"I'm the oddball of my family. Everyone stress eats and when I have stress I can't eat. I eat a lot of protein and fiber and usually not a lot of carba, unless I binge which happens from time to time."

I usually put the 'right' amount of food on my plate, eat that and I'm done. I just don't get the signals telling me I'm hungry or full. There were times (in the past) when I would just eat and eat as I 'felt' really hungry, but I didn't ever feel full, or satisfied. Now I have realized that those signals have been disrupted for some reason - and I like to blame my TBI"s!!

Then all of a sudden, I am having hypoglycemic type of symptoms.. My doc told me to raise my protein intake, not easy when I was already eating high protein, very high fiber and low carb diet anyway! But I have and it has helped some, at least I quit having the shakes and almost passing out about 2 or 3 hours after eating breakfast and lunch!

Right now I'm tracking my temp during the day in an attempt to figure out if my adrenals or thyroid isn't getting enough hormones again thus causing these symptoms for me.